Non-bailable arrest warrant for Pak's new PM

June 21, 2012 13:58

Update on the arrest warrant against the new Pakistan PM.

A Pakistani court today issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Pakistan Peoples Party prime ministerial candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin in connection with alleged irregularities in the import of a large amount of the
controlled drug Ephedrine during his tenure as Health Minister.

Acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force, Judge Shafqatullah Khan of a special ANF court in Rawalpindi issued arrest warrants for Shahabuddin and former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's Ali Musa Gilani. The judge directed officials to arrest and present them in his court within a week.

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